"If someone has any doubts about their sacrifice, they will inevitably be punished by God." - Alexander's father Philip, after seeing the scene of all 150 pairs of comrades with the Holy Regiment of Thebes, he commented in tears.

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Such conditions are naturally very superior, because in the past or two years, the residents of the entire city-state of Little Asia and Greece suffered greatly because of the tax-bearing knights (mostly sent by Pompeii and Scipio, who searched for war military expenses for them). In this situation, the numerous "Fourth-Departure Monarch" (Fourth-Departure Monarch originally referred to the four sub-districts of the Greek Kingdom of Thessalia. Later, every time the Romans conquered a powerful kingdom, they would split it into many small kingdoms and control it. Each small kingdom had an independent monarch, collectively known as the Four-Departure Monarch) also took the opportunity to attack them, because they were no longer bound by the Roman governor, and they also took advantage of the people and chambers of commerce in the territory. Therefore, under such a situation, the immigration request issued by Libida Fort was no different from a timely rain in the dry season.

Li Bida thought so and learned from the lessons of Cyrenega. After several years of development, although Cyrene City has made great progress in trade and shipbuilding, the total population of the city-state has always hovered at 30,000. It is because the long and difficult sea and land routes have blocked the pace of immigration, which has caused the city-state to "purchase" the remaining population from the neighboring desert tribes to support agricultural production. Since Li Bida Castle, which was born in Byzantine, is in the densely populated Xiaoya, the place where Macedonia and the Greek islands, will make the population gain a gratifying progress in the short term in five years. It should not be an unattainable dream.

Another thing that Li Bida did not expect was that the first person to run to Li Bida Fort to be loyal to him was Macmillan, the "Purple Sail Pirate" who had been circling the ocean for more than ten years. He took about fifty warships and parked on the sea surface in front of the Kuanian Reef like a polite guest, "knocking at the door" and requesting to let himself enter the strait.

After Pompei's expedition, Macmillan was always hiding in several ports facing Dacia against the Black Sea (Eukxing Sea), and Dacia or Thrace's barbarian kings also needed his role as a helper for trade and plunder, so he directly rented three or four towns on the sea to him, forming a "pirate kingdom", mainly doing business with Bosphorus and the Kingdom of Korkis. If they could not reach an agreement, they would directly snatch them with force, and their lives were also quite nourishing.

Now he heard that Li Bida, who had intersected before, was already the commander of the Roman cavalry. After building a city in Byzantium, he keenly realized that he had reached the peak of his glory on the Black Sea waters, and it was time to "continue to sublimate his dreams." He defected to Caesar in time to whitewash himself, relying on Li Bida Fort, he made his family business and extended it to the rich Aegean Sea, and even the coast of Afilica, which had become an urgent need for Macmillan.

The request for a docking meeting was permitted, but Li Bida asked to "only allow you and your flagship to enter". Macmillan's five-row paddle boat flagship beat the drum beat and entered the narrow Bosphorus Strait. He stood on the deck and saw Li Bida's subordinates, like small ants, busy up and down on the large wooden pillar standing in the surging sea water, strengthening the wooden pillars, preparing to connect the iron chains that block the strait in the future. Then he saw that on the beaches along the coast, various lifting equipment were all

Someone was manipulating, piled up stone walls and various buildings, and hundreds of soldiers were either entering and leaving the camp or dining on the ground. The atmosphere was solemn and solemn. This made Macmillan feel frightened. Finally, beside the bent and extended trestle, he saw the cavalry commander's guard of honor, lined up in the towering hills. The axes carried by the twelve entourages on their shoulders shone with a terrifying light in the sun. Several military slaves ran down and waved to Macmillan and shouted:

"Before the cavalry commander is angry, hurry down your outrageous purple sail!"

"Damn it, hurry up, come down!" Macmillan came to his senses and quickly scolded the crew sailors. He hurriedly pulled down the horizontal Zifan, then made a respectful gesture, and covered a group of confidants with a thick brown cloak on the purple robe, climbed up the steps, and slapped at the feet of Li Bida on the hilltop.

"Maybe you already know that your little Bubu has been murdered by a despicable villain in the previous infighting and revenge in the city of Rome." Unexpectedly, the first thing Li Bida said to Macmillan was to discuss Claudi's death.

There were tears on Macmillan's thick face, "I hope to hear that the enemy who killed Little Bub is still alive in this world."

"There are two enemies in total, one of them has been killed by me, and the other is called Ignagius, who is said to be the captain of the cavalry under Pompey of Afilica. In addition, the one who instructed these two to kill Claudi was Pompey. How about you, are you willing to offer your loyalty to Caesar and me to fight the enemy together?" Li Bida continued to ask.

The other party raised the small flag that commanded the fleet, walked to Li Bida's knees, and presented his hands to him, "From then on, the Zifan Fleet will be driven by your Excellency."

"Very good, I entrust you to be the commander of the Libida Fort Fleet and serve as my deputy general of the Navy." Libida raised his hand and signaled that he could stand up. "Nicomedea is the mooring place for your ships. At that time, there will be abundant supplies and salary for you. The condition is that you cannot plunder the surrounding cities. After the main body of the fortress is completed, your task is to go south to the Aegean Sea, control the sea channel leading to Crete and Cyprus, and support the eastward sea route of the protection of His Excellency Caesar."

At this moment, several cavalrymen who had been ordered arrived hurriedly and handed over the bronze tube equipped with confidential military information to Li Bida's entourage. After Li Bida took it out and observed, he learned that Caesar had advanced straight into the sea and rushed towards Ephesus. The rest of the legions had been thrown behind by Caesar. Following him were only 3,200 infantry and 800 cavalry of the Tenth Legion, twenty ships had been pieced together, and there were no projectors or armor.

Sepia's three legions fled to Ephesus early five days earlier than Caesar.

"The bald man is really bold. With these troops, he actually chased Scipio and ran around!" After reading it, Li Bida rolled up the letter and stuffed it into the barrel. He said to his staff, "I took the 12th Legion and all the cavalry to cross the strait directly, cooperated with the dictator to attack Ephesus. The rest of the legions stayed here, and were led by Petternius and Sabo, and continued to build and attract the city. In addition, Macmillan's fleet immediately went south to seize control of the Sea of ​​Gallipoli."
Chapter completed!